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Dubh Artach located on an isolated Torran Reef off the Ross of Mull lying in a stormy stretch between the Rinns of Islay and Skerryvore was built in 1872 with Robert Stevenson as the engineer. It is on an isolated mass of basaltic rock with a round black top rising 35 feet above high water, with deep water on all sides and a great submarine valley stretching out to the Atlantic which ensures that landing will usually be difficult and in stormy weather impossible. Because of the difficult location it cost £65,784 to build the light which was a great deal of money at that time. It was the first isolated rock station to use parrafin to the fuel the light.

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